The Postgraduate Certificate in Wound Management and Tissue Viability is an exciting and highly clinically relevant programme delivered by some of the best wound management professionals in Ireland.
This unique fully accredited six-month part-time programme offers you the opportunity to explore and analyse existing theories and concepts that are fundamental in wound management and tissue viability.
The programme will provide you with guidance on the management of acute and chronic wounds in all healthcare settings and is based on good practice, current evidence and supporting guidance.
Learning outcomes
This programme will provide you with the skills and knowledge to critically:
•Evaluate the application of clinical judgement to professional practice by utilising evidence-based practice within wound management and tissue viability.
•Compare and contrast management and leadership approaches to the effective management and leadership in the provision of within wound management and tissue viability services.
•Evaluate evidence based methods of assessment and management of wounds of varying aetiologies with reference to person-centred care.
•Discuss key considerations in the development of services for individuals with wounds of varying aetiologies within the context of a team approach to care.
•Demonstrate competency in the delivery and evaluation of patient care within the field of wound management and tissue viability.
Why study nursing and midwifery at RCSI Dublin?
Educating future leaders in healthcare delivery and related research is at the core of the mission of the RCSI School of Nursing & Midwifery. The School aims to develop caring, reflective nursing and midwifery practitioners who can seek out and use research-based knowledge to improve patient care.
We are committed to providing students with outcome-focused curricula shaped by innovative teaching and learning practices. We have a long association with postgraduate nursing and midwifery education and are the largest such school in Ireland.
We aspire to become recognised leaders in the provision of health sciences education, both nationally and internationally. The suite of programmes we offer nurses and midwives in pursuit of postgraduate education is continually evolving in response to the needs within the healthcare service.
Our goal is to empower nurses and midwives to be able to demonstrate the difference they make to practice, and in doing so, to be able to respond accordingly to the leadership and professional challenges that they face every day.